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To the best of his recollection, Reginald Ellis Crump has not performed in Williamsburg since he sang Prince's "International Lover" at a Bruton High School talent show during his sophomore year. So Crump, now a 48-year-old performing artist in New York City who uses the stage name Monstah Black, is not sure what it will feel like when he takes the stage at The Kimball Theatre on Merchants Square on Saturday night to perform his multi-media show "Cotton." "I haven't thought about that side of it, but yes, it could possibly be a very emotional performance," Black said in a phone interview from his home in Brooklyn. "I have a lot of family and...

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To the best of his recollection, Reginald Ellis Crump has not performed in Williamsburg since he sang Prince's "International Lover" at a Bruton High School talent show during his sophomore year.
So Crump, now a 48-year-old performing artist in...

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March 2009: Star Scientific lets Bob McDonnell's gubernatorial campaign use its jet (leased to it by company chief executive Jonnie R. Williams Sr.) for two trips, together worth more than $10,800.October 2009: Star lets McDonnell use its plane two more...

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